"concernancy" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: A Shakespearean coinage; see concern. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} concernancy (uncountable)
  1. (obsolete, rare) Relevance. Tags: obsolete, rare, uncountable
    Sense id: en-concernancy-en-noun-CdLI~Dge Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "text": "Hamlet. The concernancy, sir? Why do we wrap the gentleman in our more rawer breath?\nOsric. Sir?\nHoratio. [aside to Hamlet] Is’t not possible to understand in another tongue? You will do’t, sir, really.\nHamlet. What imports the nomination of this gentleman?",
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